Chapter 1. The Fall

Ruby suddenly awoke in a sweat, she was sure she just saw one of her friends die before her very eyes but suddenly she was back in a room. A room she recognised very well as it was her own one from her childhood. "Huh? What happened? How did I get here?" she said under her breath. "Was that a dream? It seemed too real" she winced in pain and held her aching head.

She was about to get out of bed when Taiyang walked into the room "No, don't move sweetie" the man approached her and softly pushed her back onto her bed "You need to rest you've been through alot." he sighed and looked down at the ground, a tear went down his cheek as he place his hand on his daughters.

"Dad?" Ruby looked down at the hand and noticed the tear on his cheek. "What happened to me? I was just at Beacon, was that all a dream?" ruby said nervously as she gripped Tais hand tight, shaking a little bit.

Tai sighs and looks into his daughter's eyes "What do you remember before coming here? Tell me everything you know."

"Well" she was struggling to remember it all as she held her head again, wincing in pain. "I remember the grimm. And a girl. And Pyrrha" she gasped when she mentioned that name "Where is she? Did she make it out?" she asked pleading that her father say 'yes'.

He just shook his head "Ruby, you were all that Qrow found. There was no other girl up on that tower. Only a dragon, you did well though, really did a number on it" he smiles a tiny bit at his daughter "I'm proud of you sweetie, but now I've got you back you're not going to be put in danger ever again"

"But, da-" she is interrupted by her Uncle coming into the room with a somber look on his face as he approached the two of them.

"Ruby," said the dark haired man "I'm glad you're awake, I needed to talk" he glanced down at Taiyang "Alone?"

Taiyang, looked up at Qrow and glared at him "Why can't I stay? I've been waiting for her to wake up"

"Tai. Please" Qrow calmly replied "Five minutes"

"Fine! You get five minutes, but then I'll be back" Taiyang said angrily, as he left the room going outside.

"Uncle Qrow?" asks Ruby "What happened at Beacon? How did I get here? Someone tell me."

The man sighed, looking down at the ground and sadly saying "Beacon has fallen. The Dragon is lurring more Grimm to the school, Ozpins disappeared and we have no lead as to where he might have gone" he coughed and slowly looked up at his niece "But it's not all bad. You did a number on that Dragon"

"What do you mean?" asked Ruby "Everyone keeps saying I did something. But I don't remember anything"

He looked to Ruby "Do you remember the first thing Ozpin said to you? Silver eyes. They say that people born with the silver eyes are destined to become warriors. Warriors that even the Grimm fear"

"But...those are just stories right? There's no way that's true" she responded back to Qrow.

Qrow took a drink from his flask "Well, a Dragon came to Beacon Academy and attacked it. But now it's frozen in Ice attached to the tower and you're here, in your bed" he shrugs. I think I Ozpin believed in that. So do I"

Ruby was speechless, not really knowing how to react, she looked scare, then confused, then just annoyed at Qrow.

Qrow just stared at her. "So, now I need to find answers. Who's behind this? Where's Ozpin? What's their next move and how do we stop it?" He drank again, before slowly standing up from his chair.

"I'm coming too" Ruby quickly responded "I mean, if I'm a silver eye warrior then you need me right?"

He spat out his drink at the wall, then looked back at Ruby "You're not going anywhere in this condition, you need to rest for a while before you go anywhere"

"But? I'm ready to go now, I want to help you." pleaded Ruby. "I can't just sit here and do nothing"

Qrow sighed and kneeled down next to the bed "You're not ready to go back to Beacon, you're not a Huntress yet"

"There has to be something I can do?" she looked down, sighing sadly "I know I'm not a huntress yet, but I've trained with the best all year. And Ozpin picked me to go in two years early" she looked Qrow in the eyes, with a serious look in her eyes "I'm doing something"

"Fine, but you're not going anywhere without your team" Qrow replied. He looked quite annoyed at what just happened "But, Your team are gone. The only location I know of is Yangs, and she's in a worse condition than you are"

Ruby gasps, she had almost forgotten what had happened to Yang "Yang…" she said with a sad tone, as she quickly got out of bed, and left the room to find her.